Reposted by Elisha
The Hope Festival is coming up fast (THIS SATURDAY!) and we have some great artists lined up to entertain and inspire you.
Grab a free ice cream and jump into the festivities!
Saturday July 26, 12:30PM-4:30PM, at Millennium Park
![Skyrim Achievements, including:
Master Architect [Build three houses. 3% of players have this achievement.]
Land Baron [Buy three plots of land. 4.7% of players have this achievement.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lh5wfhrvipoiiuerrjzxedct/bafkreidrokrx3qqiv2ijs6gqhfximz3csyuggghqidb7cy2fjaeq27jf7y)
![While the richest continue to enjoy booming fortunes, they are also enjoying some of the lowest levels of tax in decades – as are the corporations that they own:
• Wealth is particularly undertaxed. Only 4 cents in every dollar of tax revenue comes from taxes on wealth.
• In rich countries, the average top rate of personal income tax fell from 62% in 1970 to 38% in 2013. In developing countries, the average top rate of personal income tax is 28%.
• In some countries like Brazil and the UK, the poorest 10% are now paying a higher proportion of their incomes in tax than the richest 10%. ‘Financing the education of the poorest children is saving lives and it is constructing the future of the world.’ – Illiassou Boubagar, ROTAB Alliance for Budget Transparency, Niger
• Governments should focus their efforts on raising more from the very wealthy to help fight inequality. For example, getting the richest to pay just 0.5% extra tax on their wealth could raise more money than it would cost to educate all 262 million children out of school and provide healthcare that would save the lives of 3.3 million people.
• The super-rich are hiding $7.6 trillion from the tax authorities. Corporates also hide large amounts offshore. Together this deprives developing countries of $170bn a year.
[Graphic also includes pie chart of breakdown of tax revenue, and an image reiterating the fact above about $7.6 trillion being hidden from tax authorities.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lh5wfhrvipoiiuerrjzxedct/bafkreibxvz2b7i5i32u64dxjaiwhttqmupjtprhiokrhq7ahtyq6pmmufq)